Toying vs Trying - What's the difference?
toying | trying |
The act of one who toys.
* George William M. Reynolds, (The Mysteries of London)
Difficult to endure; arduous.
*1891 , Conan Doyle,
*:"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
(philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
* 2006 , Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
As verbs the difference between toying and trying
is that toying is present participle of lang=en while trying is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between toying and trying
is that toying is the act of one who toys while trying is the act by which one tries something; an attempt.As an adjective trying is
difficult to endure; arduous.toying
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- The imagination of the young maiden grew inflamed, as the toyings of her lover became bolder; and half-raising her in his arms, he supported her across the room to a door which opened to his touch at the farther end.
trying
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.
